19 Amendments of Emilio MENÉNDEZ del VALLE related to 2013/2148(INI)
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B a (new)
Recital B a (new)
Ba. whereas many industries in the less developed ASEAN countries could fail if unable to keep up with Asian and EU competitors; whereas this could cause mass migration and social unrest;
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G c (new)
Recital G c (new)
Gc. whereas in the ASEAN countries it is widely believed that he European Union is acting above all like a trading power out to defend its own interests;
Amendment 19 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G a (new)
Recital G a (new)
Ga. whereas the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration continues to give individual countries the freedom to adopt their own legal instruments for the protection of human rights, while establishing a general framework for the protection of human rights in the region as a whole;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G b (new)
Recital G b (new)
Gb. whereas Doctor Ojea Quintana, special UN rapporteur on human rights situation in Myanmar, referring to attacks on Rohingya properties, indicated that Muslims were being targeted with brutal efficiency and that he had received reports suggesting state involvement in certain acts of violence, some of them with fatal consequences, attributed to highly organised Buddhist gangs;
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G d (new)
Recital G d (new)
Gd. whereas in recent years there have been virulent recurrences of infectious diseases in Asia, most recently the H7N9 influenza virus in China; whereas the serious impact of these infectious diseases could also have consequences terms of economic, political and social stability;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G e (new)
Recital G e (new)
Ge. whereas the pollution caused by forest fires in Indonesia has been a source of controversy and diplomatic discord between Indonesia and its neighbours, prompting concern in the ASEAN countries at what are considered to be non-traditional security threats;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G f (new)
Recital G f (new)
Gf. whereas the high pollution levels caused by smoke from major forest fires in the region, particularly Indonesia, not only are having major environmental consequences, constituting a non.- traditional security threat, but could also engender a serious crisis of regional proportions if countries such as Malaysia and Singapore are affected;
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Recommends that the Union endeavour to heighten public awareness in these countries of the fact that its external policy is governed by its role as a regulatory power seeking to promote regional integration through political dialogue, preferential trade accords and partnership agreements;
Amendment 39 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Warmly welcomes the negotiations of seven Partnership and Cooperation Agreements between the EU and individual ASEAN member states, which will be the cornerstones for deepening mutual relations; nevertheless takes the view that PCAs between individual countries should not obstruct, or serve as a pretext for undermining, overall relations between the EU and ASEAN as such, since they also encourage integration between ASEAN member countries;
Amendment 50 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Considers that the EU should support ASEAN in developing its own space within the conflicting economic and security interests of China, Japan and the United States; believes that the EU shcould be an active partner for ASEAN in its pursuit of solutions to important security and geostrategic challenges, in order to enhance peace and regional stability;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Urges the Union to help alleviate geo- political regional tensions by means of a close relationship with ASEAN, which will mean stepping up conflict resolution mechanisms;
Amendment 63 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12a. Takes the view that joint cultural actions and initiatives should be promoted within UNESCO;
Amendment 75 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18 a (new)
Paragraph 18 a (new)
18a. Urges the ASEAN Member States to reach agreement on coordinated measures for the prevention and containment of environmentally devastating fires; urges Indonesia to ratify the 2002 agreement on haze pollution resulting from fires in the region;
Amendment 83 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 a (new)
Paragraph 20 a (new)
20a. Observes that, despite its significant commitment to this area, the European Union is above all considered as a provider of humanitarian assistance or development aid donor and that, if it is to increase its credibility as an active player in the field of security, it must accordingly step up its efforts in the field of food, security, disaster prevention, environmental management, climate change and counterterrorism;
Amendment 85 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 b (new)
Paragraph 20 b (new)
20b. Calls on the Union to consider the harmful consequences that might arise should the less developed ASEAN industries prove unable to compete, possibly leading to mass migration or social implosion, thereby compromising the stability of the region;
Amendment 86 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 20 c (new)
Paragraph 20 c (new)
20c. Welcomes the awareness shown by ASEAN leaders of the impact of the 2007- 2008 food crisis and its effects in terms of food security, threatening peace and stability and generating conflict and possibly violence, as indicated in their declaration at the 21st ASEAN Summit held in 2012 in Phnom Pen in Cambodia, recognising that 'food security remains a major challenge for ASEAN and the world as a whole at a time of high commodity prices and economic uncertainty';
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24 a (new)
Paragraph 24 a (new)
24a. Calls on ASEAN, given that the human rights declaration is not binding in nature, to draw up precisely worded rules and regulations to facilitate implementation thereof;
Amendment 104 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25 a (new)
Paragraph 25 a (new)
25a. Urges the Council and ASEAN to make it clear to the authorities of Myanmar/Burma that, by virtue of the responsibility to protect, it is essential for countries to defend their people from crimes against humanity, ethnic cleansing, genocide and war crimes and that, if a country fails to fulfil its responsibility to protect, the international community, with the authorisation of the United Nations Security Council, may intervene;
Amendment 111 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Paragraph 26 – subparagraph 1 (new)
Urges ASEAN, in response to the significant emergence of infectious diseases in Asia, to initiate and reactivate individual centres , organisations and programmes existing in the region with relevance to this problem, in particular the ASEAN Plus Three Emerging Infectious Diseases Programme, the ASEAM Plus Three Field Epidemiology Training Network and the ASEAN Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Taskforce;